Cameron is preparing to limit the access of immigrants to free healthcare amid concerns the NHS is being abused by new arrivals and turned into a “global health service” – The Sunday Times (£)

Bulgarians and Romanians are already here: "More than a quarter of a million Bulgarians and Romanians have come
to Britain over the past five years – even before the jobs market is
fully opened to them. About half that number were allowed in as farm
workers on short-term contracts and thousands more got permanent
posts." – Mail on Sunday

Charlotte Leslie, Conservative MP for Bristol North West, tells Sunday Times (£) readers by NHS boss David Nicholson must go because of Mid Staffs.

Theresa May vows to take UK out of the European Court of Human Rights – Mail on Sunday

"Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, declares that a future Conservative government will scrap the Human Rights Act, in a move which will cheer his party’s MPs and activists. In an intervention on the issue which goes further than any minister since the Coalition came to power, Mr Grayling says he “cannot conceive of a situation” where a Tory majority administration would not repeal Labour’s legislation." – The Sunday Telegraph

We should sweep away the discredited Human Rights Act and replace it
with a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities – Charlie Elphicke
MP in the Mail on Sunday

EU referendum may get legislation in THIS parliament

The Sunday Times (£): "The leadership is considering one more concession on Europe to reduce UKIP’s appeal. Two groups of Tory MPs, led by the backbenchers John Baron and Bill Cash, plan to step up a campaign to push Cameron into introducing legislation before the election to put the promised 2017 EU membership referendum on the statute book. The prime minister has not closed off the idea, even though the chances of Lib Dem or Labour support for such a bill might be remote."

David Cameron answers the critics in his own party by declaring that he will not “lurch to the Right” and will battle to keep the Conservatives on the “common ground” of politics – Sunday Telegraph

Emulating Keith Joseph, David Cameron said he will pursue 'common ground' policies to woo voters – Mail on Sunday

Commentators examine the Tory challenge after Eastleigh:

Nigel Farage hit the nail on the head with his quip about three social democratic parties: Voters want a REAL choice – Janet Daley in The Sunday Telegraph

People need to hear a narrative from Cameron that makes sense of the pain, the change and the challenge – Matthew d'Ancona in The Sunday Telegraph

"The Tory Party needs to harness the mood of anti-politics that we saw in Eastleigh. Until it learns to do so, it will be its victim." – Douglas Carswell MP in the Mail on Sunday

"The by-election has demonstrated again that the Tory machine on the ground in many parts of the country is depleted and in serious decline" – Iain Martin in The Sunday Telegraph

Eastleigh is further proof that the two-party system is dead – Adam Boulton for The Sunday Times (£)

Spotlight on UKIP

"Though potential UKIP voters are more worried than most about immigration, and sometimes Europe, this is often part of a bigger dissatisfaction with the way things are going in modern Britain. They think most politicians no longer represent people like them – the silent majority, as they see themselves. UKIP, meanwhile, will say the things that need to be said but others are scared to say." – Lord Ashcroft in The People

"UKIP's literature in Eastleigh promised tax cuts for "everyone" and more spending on everything from the restoration of student grants to more generous pensions to more prisons. It must be the only party to be led by people who still believe in Santa Claus." – Andrew Rawnsley in The Observer

And, in the Mail on Sunday, James Forsyth returns to the Santa Calus theme: "Tories will soon start hitting it as the ‘Santa Claus party’, ridiculing the claim that it can cut taxes while vastly increasing spending on defence and public services. They will seek to portray Nigel Farage as a confidence trickster, trying to pull the wool over voters’ eyes.

The Independent on Sunday offers a guide to UKIP: "It is, in thought if not yet in personnel, the extreme right-wing of the Conservative Party in exile; a party run in the main by self-made businessmen with an agenda to match."

"“People are sick and tired of having three social democrat parties that are frankly indistinguishable from each other,” said Nigel Farage. In those few words he articulated the reality that Britain, until the advent of UKIP, had become a one-party state behind the facade of political competition." – Gerald Warner for Scotland on Sunday

But, in the Independent on Sunday, John Redwood puts UKIP's Eastleigh performance into context: "If Ukip cannot win a protest by-election in Hampshire, with the coalition parties splitting their vote, and the economy becalmed, it is unlikely that it can win anywhere."

The Sun backs Philip Hammond on defence cuts

The Sun Says: "The MoD may have to slash £1.2billion extra from its budget. Mr Hammond points out it would take just a half a per cent from the welfare budget to match the saving. The Lib Dems will squeak. But it’s time to make a firm stand for the world’s best fighting forces."

"Tackling dangerous boozing is the right thing to do, but minimum pricing is the wrong way to do it" – David Davis MP in The Sun

President Obama has done the right thing in signing approval for $85 billion of cuts in US public spending – John Redwood

Tory MP Tim Loughton has been subjected to a ‘humiliating’ six-month racism investigation after describing a voter who claims to have a Romany Gipsy background as unkempt – Mail on Sunday

Pressure is mounting on the Government to give up its resistance to a European Union cap on bankers' bonuses as even Swiss tax havens look to put an end to excessive corporate pay deals – Independent on Sunday

Vince Cable has been moved from a key role at a Liberal Democrat rally in favour of the Minister caught up in the party’s ‘sex harassment’ row – Mail on Sunday

Buried within his Mail on Sunday article, James Forsyth reports: "David Cameron’s push to change Britain’s EU membership terms will soon receive a boost when a group called Business for Britain is launched. It is the brainchild of Matthew Elliott, who ran the successful No2AV campaign, and is modelled on Business for Sterling, which played a crucial role in keeping this country out of the euro. The group will represent the business mainstream against extremes of the European debate and has already attracted considerable support, including from one influential Labour donor."

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